STATE v. WHEELER

No. 46467-7.

95 Wn.2d 799 (1981)

631 P.2d 376

THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, Respondent, v. RICHARD LEE WHEELER, Appellant.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

July 23, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Wayne, for appellant.

Norm Maleng, Prosecuting Attorney, and Joanne Y. Maida, Senior Deputy, for respondent.

Robert H. Aronson on behalf of the University of Washington School of Law, amicus curiae for appellant.


UTTER, J.

Richard Wheeler, by direct appeal from a verdict and judgment of second degree assault with a firearm, raises four issues. These involve the enforceability of a plea bargain, the admission of both altered testimony and hearsay, and a jury instruction defining "knowledge." We find no reversible error and accordingly affirm.

Early on the morning of December 26, 1978, Richard Wheeler, a white, middle-aged shipyard worker, returned to his houseboat from...

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